The year in review – 2014
Natural disasters in 2014 Roughly the same number of natural disasters occurred in 2014 as in 2013. However, the number of affected people increased from 97 million in 2013 to 141 million in 2014. This could be explained by an increase in the number of droughts. This was the only disaster category that registered an increase in 2014, and droughts accounted for 39 per cent of affected
Number of natural disasters
Number of countries affected
Number of affected people
Total damage
319
107
141 million
$110 billion
Top five costliest disasters
Top five countries by number of people affected China
US$ billions
7
Philippines
Cyclone Hudhud
10 million India
5
India
Drought
5.7 million Burkina Faso
Brazil
Japan
4 million Sri Lanka
58 million Same
5.1
5
3 million New − compared to 2013
5.9
Winter damage
Earthquake
Floods
China
India, Pakistan
Occurrence of disaster types Flood
Storm
184 95
Earthquake 25 Drought 20 2010 Sources: CRED EM-DAT, MunichRE
18
155
137
84
90
30
29
16
16
2011
2012
148 106 28
135 100 49 35
9 2013
2014